Book lovers will soon have one fewer place to shop locally with Coles leaving the Downtown Chatham Centre on June 1.

Kate Gregory, director of public relations for Indigo Books & Music Inc., confirmed the news on Tuesday that the longtime mall tenant is shutting its doors in Chatham.

“We have enjoyed a long and wonderful history with the Chatham community and would like to thank them for giving us the opportunity to serve them over the years,” she stated in an email to The Daily News. “We encourage customers to visit us at indigo.ca, which has our full in-store selection with thousands more items available online.”

Her statement didn’t say why the Chatham store was closing, but added there was “no additional news to share” at this time.

While there are a number of used book stores in the community, Coles is the only new book retailer.

The story also occasionally hosted various book signings over the years and other events.